Myrtle Beach receives $1,000,000 state check for Ocean Water Quality Outfall Initiatives for Fiscal Year 2019-20

State Representative William Bailey presented the million dollar check to Mayor Brenda Bethune on Wednesday. The money was approved in this year's state budget as matching funds for the city's oceanfront and stormwater water quality projects, including:

• Construction of a potential header pipe for the existing 25th Avenue South ocean outfall.

• Watershed-based Stormwater Master Plan implementation projects.

• preliminary design of the future 24th Avenue North ocean outfall.